At far the northern tip of Vypin, is home to the Munambam Fishing Harbour, the largest fishing harbour in Kochi. Puthuvype has become the major industrial hub in Kerala and the fastest growing city suburb due to the SPM project run by
Kochi Refineries, an offshore pumping station of Kochi Port, the
Puthuvyp LNG Terminal, the IOC Bottling Plant and the proposed Oceanarium. There are ten lighthouses in
Kerala, one of which is situated
at Puthuvype Beach and is the tallest in Kerala. India's first international container trans-shipment terminal (ICTT) in the Special Economic Zone at Vallarpadam Island, designed to handle the largest container ships, was opened by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 February 2011. There are regular boat services from
Fort Kochi to Vypin Island. In 2004 a bridge was built by the
Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) to connect Vypin to the mainland. The
Goshree bridges also connect the islands
Mulavukad and
Vallarpadam. Vypin is now a fast-developing suburb of Kochi City. Today, all the basic infrastructure of modern living is available in Vypin. Travellers from North Kerala can use the Vypin–Munambam state highway to reach Ernakulam. ==History==